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they have the strength of a wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />God brings them out of Egypt and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />God brings them out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“God brings them out of Egypt, <i>He is</i> for them like the horns of the wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“God brought them out of Egypt; They have the strength of a wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God brought them out of Egypt; he is like the horns of a wild ox for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God brought them out of Egypt; He is like the horns of a wild ox for them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />With the strength of a wild ox, God led Israel out of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The God who brought them out of Egypt has the strength of a wild bull.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God has brought them out of Egypt; He fights for them like a wild ox. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />From Egypt God brought them— his strength was like a wild ox!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a wild bull. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />God is bringing them out from Egypt, "" As the swiftness of a wild ox for him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />God bringing them out of Egypt; as the swiftness of the buffalo to him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />God has led him away from Egypt; his strength is like that of the rhinoceros.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They have the like of a wild ox’s horns: God who brought them out of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />God, who brings them out of Egypt, is like the horns of a wild ox for them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />God brought them out of Egypt with his might and excellency.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />God has brought them forth from Egypt by his strength and with his majesty.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />God who brought them forth out of Egypt Is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/23-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=7420" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/23.htm">Balaam's Second Oracle</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: mō·w·ṣî·’ām (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-msc:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">brought them out</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: mim·miṣ·rā·yim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrew/8443.htm" title="8443: kə·ṯō·w·‘ă·p̄ōṯ (Prep-k:: N-fpc) -- Eminence. From ya'aph; weariness, i.e. toil or speed.">with strength</a> <a href="/hebrew/7214.htm" title="7214: rə·’êm (N-ms) -- A wild ox. Or rieym; or reym; or rem; from ra'am; a wild bull.">like a wild ox.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9</a></span><br />It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Deuteronomy 33:17</a></span><br />His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/68-35.htm">Psalm 68:35</a></span><br />O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm">Isaiah 40:29</a></span><br />He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-26.htm">Isaiah 49:26</a></span><br />I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Isaiah 63:12</a></span><br />who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-20.htm">Psalm 77:20</a></span><br />You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-52.htm">Psalm 78:52</a></span><br />He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-43.htm">Psalm 105:43</a></span><br />He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1-2</a></span><br />When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, / Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel His dominion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Acts 13:17</a></span><br />The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a></span><br />By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-14.htm">Revelation 12:14</a></span><br />But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">God brought them out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of an unicorn.</p><p class="hdg">God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/22-5.htm">Numbers 22:5</a></b></br> He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which <i>is</i> by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Numbers 24:8</a></b></br> God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce <i>them</i> through with his arrows.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-16.htm">Exodus 9:16</a></b></br> And in very deed for this <i>cause</i> have I raised thee up, for to shew <i>in</i> thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.</p><p class="hdg">the strength</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Deuteronomy 33:17</a></b></br> His glory <i>is like</i> the firstling of his bullock, and his horns <i>are like</i> the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they <i>are</i> the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they <i>are</i> the thousands of Manasseh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/39-10.htm">Job 39:10,11</a></b></br> Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-21.htm">Psalm 22:21</a></b></br> Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.</p><p class="hdg">unicorn.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/29-6.htm">Buffalo</a> <a href="/numbers/22-11.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/numbers/10-8.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Lofty</a> <a href="/numbers/20-28.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/numbers/23-14.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/psalms/92-10.htm">Reem</a> <a href="/numbers/20-20.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Swiftness</a> <a href="/psalms/92-10.htm">Unicorn</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/psalms/92-10.htm">Wild-Ox</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Buffalo</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Lofty</a> <a href="/numbers/27-12.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/numbers/23-30.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Reem</a> <a href="/numbers/24-7.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Swiftness</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Unicorn</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Wild-Ox</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/23-1.htm">Balak's sacrifices</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>God brought them out of Egypt</b><br>This phrase refers to the historical event of the Exodus, where God delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. This event is foundational in the Old Testament, symbolizing God's power and faithfulness. It is a recurring theme throughout the Bible, emphasizing God's role as a deliverer. The Exodus is also a type of Christ's redemptive work, as Jesus delivers believers from the bondage of sin. The event is celebrated annually in the Jewish Passover, which Jesus reinterpreted at the Last Supper.<p><b>with strength like a wild ox</b><br>The comparison to a wild ox highlights God's immense power and might in delivering Israel. The wild ox, or "reem" in Hebrew, is often associated with strength and untamed power. This imagery underscores the idea that God's intervention was not only powerful but also unstoppable. The wild ox is a symbol of strength and virility, suggesting that God's power is both protective and aggressive against Israel's enemies. This strength is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/psalms/92-10.htm">Psalm 92:10</a>, where the psalmist speaks of being exalted like a wild ox, indicating divine empowerment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, God is depicted as the deliverer and source of strength for Israel. His power and sovereignty are emphasized.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation that God brought out of Egypt. This verse highlights their deliverance and the divine strength that accompanies them.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The place of bondage from which Israel was delivered. It symbolizes oppression and slavery in the biblical account.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/balaam.htm">Balaam</a></b><br>The prophet who speaks this oracle. Though hired to curse Israel, he ends up blessing them under God's influence.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/balak.htm">Balak</a></b><br>The king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel. His plans are thwarted by God's intervention.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_deliverance.htm">Divine Deliverance</a></b><br>Just as God delivered Israel from Egypt, He delivers us from spiritual bondage. Reflect on areas in your life where you need God's deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God's plans cannot be thwarted by human intentions. Trust in His ultimate control over your life circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/strength_in_god.htm">Strength in God</a></b><br>The imagery of a wild ox signifies immense strength. Seek God's strength in your daily walk, especially in times of weakness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/blessing_instead_of_curse.htm">Blessing Instead of Curse</a></b><br>Like Balaam, who was unable to curse Israel, recognize that God can turn intended curses into blessings in your life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembering_past_victories.htm">Remembering Past Victories</a></b><br>Just as Israel was reminded of their deliverance, recall and celebrate the victories God has given you in the past.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_exodus'_wild_ox_claim.htm">Numbers 23:22–24: Is there historical or scientific support for a mass exodus and the claim of supernatural might symbolized by “the strength of a wild ox”? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_unicorns.htm">What does the Bible mention about unicorns?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_unicorns_in_the_kjv_bible.htm">Why does the Bible include mythical creatures like unicorns (King James Version)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_job_39_9's_'wild_ox'_explained.htm">In Job 39:9, the text mentions a “wild ox” (sometimes “unicorn”); how can this be reconciled with any known species or historical evidence? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) G<span class= "bld">od brought them out of Egypt.--</span>Literally, <span class= "ital">is bringing them. </span>The use of the participle denotes the continuance of the action. He who brought them forth out of Egypt was still conducting them on their march. There is an obvious allusion in these words to those of Balak in <a href="/numbers/22-5.htm" title="He sent messengers therefore to Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:">Numbers 22:5</a> : "Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt." Seeing that the people did not come out of Egypt in obedience to their own caprice, but under Divine guidance, it was vain for Balak to resist them on their course, seeing that to contend with them was to contend against God.<p><span class= "bld">The strength of an unicorn.--</span>Better, <span class= "ital">of a buffalo. </span>(Comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm" title="His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.">Deuteronomy 33:17</a>--a passage closely resembling the present--from which it appears that the <span class= "ital">reem </span>had more than one horn.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">God.</span> <span class="hebrew">אֵל</span>, and also at the end of the next verse, and four times in the next chapter (verses 4, 8, 16, 23). The use seems to be poetic, and no particular signification can be attached to it. <span class="cmt_word">Brought them,</span> or, perhaps, "is leading them." So the Septuagint: <span class="greek">Θεὸς ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν αὐτόν</span>. <span class="cmt_word">Unicorn.</span> Hebrew, <span class="hebrew">רְאֵם</span>. It is uniformly rendered <span class="greek">μονοκέρως</span> by the Septuagint, under the mistaken notion that the rhinoceros was intended. It is evident, however, from <a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Deuteronomy 33:17</a> and other passages that the teem had two hems, and that its horns were its most prominent feature. It would also appear from <a href="/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9-12</a> and <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Isaiah 34:7</a> that, while itself untameable, it was allied to species employed in husbandry. The reem may therefore have been the aurochs or urus, now extinct, but which formerly had so large a range in the forests of the old world. There is some doubt, however, whether the urns existed in those days in Syria, and it may have been a wild buffalo, or some kindred animal of the bovine genus, whose size, fierceness, and length of horn made it a wonder and a fear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/23-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">brought them out</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹצִיאָ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·ṣî·’ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Egypt</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(mim·miṣ·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with strength</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ṯō·w·‘ă·p̄ōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8443.htm">Strong's 8443: </a> </span><span class="str2">Weariness, toil, speed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a wild ox.</span><br /><span class="heb">רְאֵ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(rə·’êm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7214.htm">Strong's 7214: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wild bull</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/23-22.htm">OT Law: Numbers 23:22 God brings them out of Egypt (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/23-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 23:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 23:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/23-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 23:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 23:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>